Job Posting Title:

Commercial Planning Manager

Req ID:

10116921

Job Description:

About the Role & Team

The Disney+ team is responsible for the launch and day to day operation of Disney+ across Europe, Middle East and Africa, specifically focused on customer acquisition and retention, marketing, partnerships and synergy, content programming, research and analytics. Within that team, the Commercial Performance and Planning team is responsible for providing a consolidated view of ongoing EMEA trading performance of Disney+, driving insights and decision-making to optimise sign-ups and subscriber growth, and overseeing the Disney+ annual and quarterly planning process.  

 

We are looking for a forward-thinking, analytically minded Commercial Planning Manager to join our Disney+ Commercial Performance and Planning team. The purpose of the role is to ensure we have well-defined and socialised targets for sign-ups, marketing budgets, retention and other key DTC metrics, both for the long term and to guide the business on a quarterly, weekly and daily basis. You will be working closely with the EMEA Partnership Growth team.

  

This role will leverage strategic thinking, ability to pull insights from Disney+ data, bottom-up plans from markets, market intelligence, research and analytics, to synthesise them and define the most appropriate plans for the DTC business. 

  

This is a pivotal, central role within the Disney+ EMEA business, which will work in collaboration with our local European markets, across regional Disney+ functions (incl. marketing, product and content teams), BD & strategy teams, as well as Finance teams across Europe and the US. 

 

What You Will Do

Building D+ annual strategy and annual planning for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention across multiple tiers and markets, leveraging market and competitor insights, learnings from D+ research, past performance, analysis on future trends  

Driving monthly / bi-monthly forecasting process for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention, for retail and wholesale customers, in close partnership with Disney+ Finance teams 

Work in close collaboration with US DTC Commercial and EMEA Partnerships teams to align on latest EMEA plans, strategic initiatives, content targets, planning methodologies  

Modelling for business cases and scenarios to support decision-making on pricing, go-to-market strategies, optimisation of monetisation  

Supporting in preparation for EMEA & US commercial updates 

 

Required Qualifications & Skills

Excellent stakeholder management with experience of dealing with senior level stakeholders 

Ability to tailor comms to different audiences (e.g. country teams, DSS, execs)

Experience working in data-driven environments and driving decision-making through data  

Experience in consulting or marketing planning preferred 

High numeracy and analytical ability & rigour, attention to detail 

Ability to challenge high-level numbers and develop quick & accurate ‘back of the envelope’ scenarios 

Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple project schedules and deadlines that run simultaneously 

Demonstrated success in influencing cross-functional teams, stakeholders and leadership  

Ability to work autonomously 

 

The Perks

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental care

Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free

Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing

Excellent parental and guardian leave

Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Job Posting Segment:

EMEA DTC

Job Posting Primary Business:

EMEA DTC Marketing

Primary Job Posting Category:

Business Intelligence Analytics

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

London, United Kingdom

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2025-03-31